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"If we had only known even a bit of what John Craddock tells us now, our own history could have been so very different."
--Sherry Sontag, coauthor of Blind Man's Bluff

In First Shot, John Craddock investigates a little-known but clear eleventh-hour warning that, had it been heeded, might have enabled the Navy's Pearl Harbor command to blunt the Japanese assault and save ships and lives. Craddock reveals that the attack plan of Japan's Admiral Yamamoto included five midget submarines, each carrying two men and two torpedoes. First Shot vividly recreates...

This book, although firmly embedded in the fantasy fiction genre, is more about a man's struggle to come to terms with the enforced changes in his life. It takes you, via the hero, Fadrian, on a rollercoaster ride of emotions and adventure. The world of Galleth Major is in turmoil, more turmoil than anyone could know and is in desperate need of a hero. The trouble is Fadrian doesn't know it.
In this, the first book of the Legend of Endeavor trilogy, the troubles of the known world are only just becoming apparent. Fadrian thoughts are elsewhere though as he tries to find his only surviving...

Winner of a 2004 Jerwood Photography Award, Naglaa Walker trained as a scientist and worked briefly as a physics researcher before taking an MA at the Royal College of Art. Drawing on her background, Walker juxtaposes images of chalked equations with carefully staged photographs to connect the abstraction of physical laws and the reality of experience.

With essays by John Gribbin, award-winning popular science author, and Sacha Craddock, leading art critic, writer, and curator.